Little Rock is home to the "cheese dog", a hot dog with cheese inserted in the middle. Invented in 1956 at the Finkbeiner Meat Packing Co., the cheese dog met with much success, but its predecessor, the "chili dog" - a frankfurter with a tiny amount of chili encased inside - did not fair as well.
Niagra, the aphrodisiac soft drink sensation, caused a stir worldwide when a Little Rock distributor began selling the product in 2001. The subsequent attention made the product so sought-after that the distributor could not keep the fizzy drink on the shelves.
Little Rock is home to the Climber Car, a small automobile manufacturing company that built approximately 200 4-cylinder, 40-horsepower cars and 100 pickup trucks in the 1920s. There are still two Climber Cars in existence today.